Quick Application Startup Method and Related Apparatus

ABSTRACT

A quick application startup method and a related apparatus are provided. The method includes: An electronic device requests an acceleration script of one or more quick applications from an application server. A first operation for a target quick application is detected. In response to the first operation, the electronic device requests an application package of the target quick application from the application server. An acceleration script of the target quick application is included in the acceleration script of the one or more quick applications. In response to the first operation, the electronic device runs the acceleration script of the target quick application to obtain a first URL, and obtains first data based on the first URL. The electronic device may generate and display a first screen of the target quick application based on the first data.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a national stage of International Application No.PCT/CN2020/112300, filed on Aug. 29, 2020, which claims priority toChinese Patent Application No. 201910919851.9, filed on Sep. 26, 2019.Both of the aforementioned applications are hereby incorporated byreference in their entireties.

TECHNICAL FIELD

This application relates to the field of electronic technologies, and inparticular, to a quick application startup method and a relatedapparatus.

BACKGROUND

A quick application is an application that does not need to be installedin advance and that is downloaded immediately when a user needs to usethe quick application. Before the quick application is used for thefirst time, an application package needs to be downloaded. In a processfrom tapping the quick application to completing rendering of a firstscreen (an initial interface displayed when an application is started),the application package needs to be downloaded, and data required forfirst screen display needs to be requested (for example, a newsapplication needs to request data such as a news list from a third-partyserver). Because a uniform resource locator (uniform resource locator,URL) corresponding to the data required for the first screen display ofthe quick application needs to be obtained by parsing the applicationpackage, it takes a long time to start the quick application for thefirst time.

In the conventional technology, to reduce the time for starting thequick application for the first time, a list of URLs corresponding tothe data required for the first screen display in a quick applicationstartup process is usually manually pre-stored in an application server.After an engine that runs quick applications is started, the engineobtains a list of URLs corresponding to all the quick applications fromthe application server. After a user taps a quick application for thefirst time, the engine may obtain data required by the quick applicationfrom a third-party server based on a URL corresponding to the quickapplication while a mobile phone downloads an application package, toreduce time for starting the quick application. This manner ofpre-storing a URL list needs to be manually maintained, which is likelyto cause a problem that an obtained URL is incorrect.

SUMMARY

This application provides a quick application startup method and arelated apparatus, to improve quick application startup efficiency.

According to a first aspect, an embodiment of this application providesa quick application startup method. The method includes: An electronicdevice sends a first request to an application server, where the firstrequest is used to indicate the application server to send anacceleration script of one or more quick applications to the electronicdevice; the electronic device receives the acceleration script that isof the one or more quick applications and that is sent by theapplication server; a first operation for a target quick application isdetected, and in response to the first operation, the electronic devicesends a second request to the application server, where the secondrequest is used to request an application package of the target quickapplication, and an acceleration script of the target quick applicationis included in the acceleration script of the one or more quickapplications; in response to the first operation, the electronic deviceruns the acceleration script of the target quick application to obtain afirst uniform resource locator URL, and obtain first data from athird-party server based on the first URL; the electronic devicereceives the application package that is of the target quick applicationand that is sent by the application server; the electronic device runsthe application package of the target quick application to obtain asecond URL; and when the first URL is the same as the second URL, theelectronic device generates and displays a first screen of the targetquick application based on the first data.

In some embodiments, before that an electronic device sends a firstrequest to an application server, the method further includes: Theelectronic device receives instant messaging information that includesthe one or more quick applications.

In some embodiments, before that an electronic device sends a firstrequest to an application server, the method further includes: Theelectronic device detects a user operation performed on an icon of theone or more quick applications.

In some embodiments, before that an electronic device sends a firstrequest to an application server, the method further includes: Theelectronic device receives entered quick application name information.There is a correspondence between the quick application name informationand the one or more quick applications.

In some embodiments, the method further includes: When the first URL isdifferent from the second URL, the electronic device obtains second datafrom the third-party server based on the second URL; and the electronicdevice generates and displays the first screen of the target quickapplication based on the second data.

In some embodiments, the method further includes: When the first URL isthe same as the second URL, the electronic device sends, to theapplication server, information indicating that the acceleration scriptof the target quick application is successfully hit; or when the firstURL is different from the second URL, the electronic device sends, tothe application server, information indicating that the accelerationscript of the target quick application fails to be hit.

In some embodiments, that the electronic device runs the accelerationscript of the target quick application to obtain a first uniformresource locator URL includes: The electronic device obtains device databased on the acceleration script of the target quick application, wherethe device data includes one or more of a media access control MACaddress, an engine version number, an Internet protocol IP address, anoperating system version, address information, a network type, and amanufacturer brand of the electronic device; and the electronic deviceobtains the first URL based on the acceleration script of the targetquick application and the device data.

According to a second aspect, an embodiment of this application providesa quick application startup method. The method includes: An applicationserver receives an application package of a quick application; theapplication server generates an acceleration script of the quickapplication based on the application package; the application serverreceives a first request sent by a first electronic device, where thefirst request is used to indicate the application server to send theacceleration script of the quick application to the first electronicdevice; and the application server sends the acceleration script of thequick application to the first electronic device based on the firstrequest.

In some embodiments, the method further includes: The application serverreceives a hit result that is of the acceleration script of the quickapplication and that is sent by one or more second electronic devices;and the application server calculates a hit rate of the accelerationscript of the quick application based on the hit result. Before that theapplication server sends the acceleration script of the quickapplication to the first electronic device based on the first request,the method further includes: The application server determines that thehit rate of the acceleration script of the quick application is not lessthan a preset value.

In some embodiments, that the application server generates anacceleration script of the quick application based on the applicationpackage includes: parsing the application package to obtain first sourcecode corresponding to first screen display of the quick application;parsing the first source code to obtain an abstract syntax tree;injecting statistics upload code into one or more nodes of the abstractsyntax tree to obtain second source code; obtaining a processedapplication package based on the second source code; running theprocessed application package to obtain a critical path indicated by thestatistics upload code; selecting third source code from the firstsource code based on the critical path; and obtaining the accelerationscript of the quick application based on the third source code.

According to a third aspect, an embodiment of this application providesa quick application startup method. The method includes: An integrateddevelopment platform receives first source code that is of a quickapplication and that is entered by a user; the integrated developmentplatform generates an application package of the quick application basedon the first source code of the quick application; the integrateddevelopment platform generates an acceleration script of the quickapplication based on the first source code of the quick application; andthe integrated development platform sends the application package of thequick application and the acceleration script of the quick applicationto an application server.

In some embodiments, that the integrated development platform generatesan acceleration script of the quick application based on the firstsource code of the quick application includes: selecting, from the firstsource code, second source code corresponding to first screen display ofthe quick application; parsing the second source code to obtain anabstract syntax tree; injecting statistics upload code into one or morenodes of the abstract syntax tree to obtain third source code; obtaininga processed application package based on the third source code; runningthe processed application package to obtain a critical path indicated bythe statistics upload code; selecting fourth source code from the firstsource code based on the critical path; and obtaining the accelerationscript of the quick application based on the fourth source code.

According to a fourth aspect, an embodiment of this application providesan electronic device. The electronic device includes one or moreprocessors and a memory. The memory is coupled to the one or moreprocessors, and the memory is configured to store program code. The oneor more processors invoke the program code to enable the electronicdevice to perform the following operations: sending a first request toan application server, where the first request is used to indicate theapplication server to send an acceleration script of one or more quickapplications to the electronic device; receiving the acceleration scriptthat is of the one or more quick applications and that is sent by theapplication server; detecting a first operation for a target quickapplication, and in response to the first operation, sending a secondrequest to the application server, where the second request is used torequest an application package of the target quick application, and anacceleration script of the target quick application is included in theacceleration script of the one or more quick applications; in responseto the first operation, running the acceleration script of the targetquick application to obtain a first uniform resource locator URL, andobtaining first data from a third-party server based on the first URL;receiving the application package that is of the target quickapplication and that is sent by the application server; running theapplication package of the target quick application to obtain a secondURL; and when the first URL is the same as the second URL, generatingand displaying a first screen of the target quick application based onthe first data.

In some embodiments, the one or more processors invoke the program codeto enable the electronic device to further perform the followingoperation: receiving instant messaging information that includes the oneor more quick applications.

In some embodiments, the one or more processors invoke the program codeto enable the electronic device to further perform the followingoperation: detecting a user operation performed on an icon of the one ormore quick applications.

In some embodiments, the one or more processors invoke the program codeto enable the electronic device to further perform the followingoperation: receiving entered quick application name information. Thereis a correspondence between the quick application name information andthe one or more quick applications.

In some embodiments, the one or more processors invoke the program codeto enable the electronic device to further perform the followingoperations: when the first URL is different from the second URL,obtaining second data from the third-party server based on the secondURL; and generating and displaying the first screen of the target quickapplication based on the second data.

In some embodiments, the one or more processors invoke the program codeto enable the electronic device to further perform the followingoperation: when the first URL is the same as the second URL, sending, tothe application server, information indicating that the accelerationscript of the target quick application is successfully hit; or when thefirst URL is different from the second URL, sending, to the applicationserver, information indicating that the acceleration script of thetarget quick application fails to be hit.

In some embodiments, the one or more processors invoke the program codeto enable the electronic device to further perform the followingoperations: obtaining device data based on the acceleration script ofthe target quick application, where the device data includes one or moreof a media access control MAC address, an engine version number, anInternet protocol IP address, an operating system version, addressinformation, a network type, and a manufacturer brand of the electronicdevice; and obtaining the first URL based on the acceleration script ofthe target quick application and the device data.

According to a fifth aspect, an application server is provided. Theapplication server includes one or more processors and a memory, thememory is coupled to the one or more processors, and the memory isconfigured to store program code. The one or more processors invoke theprogram code to enable the application server to perform the followingoperations: receiving an application package of a quick application;generating an acceleration script of the quick application based on theapplication package; receiving a first request sent by a firstelectronic device, where the first request is used to indicate theapplication server to send the acceleration script of the quickapplication to the first electronic device; and sending the accelerationscript of the quick application to the first electronic device based onthe first request.

In some embodiments, the one or more processors invoke the program codeto enable the application server to further perform the followingoperations: receiving a hit result that is of the acceleration script ofthe quick application and that is sent by one or more second electronicdevices; calculating a hit rate of the acceleration script of the quickapplication based on the hit result; and determining that the hit rateof the acceleration script of the quick application is not less than apreset value.

In some embodiments, the one or more processors invoke the program codeto enable the application server to further perform the followingoperations: parsing the application package to obtain first source codecorresponding to first screen display of the quick application; parsingthe first source code to obtain an abstract syntax tree; injectingstatistics upload code into one or more nodes of the abstract syntaxtree to obtain second source code; obtaining a processed applicationpackage based on the second source code; running the processedapplication package to obtain a critical path indicated by thestatistics upload code; selecting third source code from the firstsource code based on the critical path; and obtaining the accelerationscript of the quick application based on the third source code.

According to a sixth aspect, an embodiment of this application providesan integrated development platform. The integrated development platformincludes one or more processors and a memory, the memory is coupled tothe one or more processors, and the memory is configured to storeprogram code. The one or more processors invoke the program code toenable the integrated development platform to perform the followingoperations: receiving first source code that is of a quick applicationand that is entered by a user; generating an application package of thequick application based on the first source code of the quickapplication; generating an acceleration script of the quick applicationbased on the first source code of the quick application; and sending theapplication package of the quick application and the acceleration scriptof the quick application to an application server.

In some embodiments, the one or more processors invoke the program codeto enable the integrated development platform to further perform thefollowing operations: selecting, from the first source code, secondsource code corresponding to first screen display of the quickapplication; parsing the second source code to obtain an abstract syntaxtree; injecting statistics upload code into one or more nodes of theabstract syntax tree to obtain third source code; obtaining a processedapplication package based on the third source code; running theprocessed application package to obtain a critical path indicated by thestatistics upload code; selecting fourth source code from the firstsource code based on the critical path; and obtaining the accelerationscript of the quick application based on the fourth source code.

According to a seventh aspect, an embodiment of this applicationprovides a computer program product including instructions. When thecomputer program product is run on an electronic device, the electronicdevice is enabled to perform the method described in any one of thefirst aspect to the third aspect and the possible implementations of thefirst aspect to the third aspect.

According to an eighth aspect, an embodiment of this applicationprovides a computer-readable storage medium, including instructions.When the instructions are run on an electronic device, the electronicdevice is enabled to perform the method described in any one of thefirst aspect to the third aspect and the possible implementations of thefirst aspect to the third aspect.

In embodiments of this application, an electronic device requests anacceleration script of one or more quick applications from anapplication server; a first operation for a target quick application isdetected, and in response to the first operation, the electronic devicerequests an application package of the target quick application from theapplication server, where an acceleration script of the target quickapplication is included in the acceleration script of the one or morequick applications; in response to the first operation, the electronicdevice runs the acceleration script of the target quick application toobtain a first URL, and obtains first data based on the first URL; andthe electronic device may generate and display a first screen of thetarget quick application based on the first data. In this manner, datarequired for first screen display of the quick application can beobtained in advance by using the acceleration script. This improvesquick application startup efficiency.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1A is a schematic diagram of an application system according to anembodiment of this application;

FIG. 1B is a flowchart of starting a quick application for a first timeaccording to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 1C is a schematic diagram of a search interface of a quickapplication according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 1D is a schematic diagram of a user interface on which anapplication list is displayed according to an embodiment of thisapplication;

FIG. 2A is a schematic diagram of a structure of an electronic device 10according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 2B is a schematic diagram of a structure of an electronic device 20according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 2C is a block diagram of a software structure of the electronicdevice 10 according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 2D is a block diagram of a software structure of an applicationserver 200 according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 2E is a block diagram of a software structure of a developmentdevice 100 according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 3A-1 and FIG. 3A-2 are a flowchart of a quick application startupmethod according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 3B is a schematic diagram of a quick application startup processand an acceleration script execution process according to an embodimentof this application;

FIG. 4A is a schematic diagram of a chat interface of an instantmessaging application according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 4B is a schematic diagram of another search interface of a quickapplication in an application store according to an embodiment of thisapplication;

FIG. 4C is a schematic diagram of a detail page of a quick applicationaccording to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 5A is a block diagram of a software structure of an accelerationscript generation module according to an embodiment of this application;and

FIG. 5B is a block diagram of a software structure of anotheracceleration script generation module according to an embodiment of thisapplication.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATIVE EMBODIMENTS

The following clearly describes technical solutions in embodiments ofthis application in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.In descriptions of embodiments of this application, unless otherwisestated, “/” indicates “or”. For example, A/B may indicate A or B. Theterm “and/or” in this specification merely describes an associationrelationship for describing associated objects, and indicates that threerelationships may exist. For example, A and/or B may indicate thefollowing three cases: Only A exists, both A and B exist, and only Bexists. In addition, in descriptions of embodiments of this application,“a plurality of” means two or more.

The following terms “first” and “second” are merely intended for apurpose of description, and shall not be understood as an indication orimplication of relative importance or implicit indication of a quantityof indicated technical features. Therefore, a feature limited by “first”or “second” may explicitly or implicitly include one or more features.

Some concepts related to this application are first described in detail.

A user interface (user interface, UI) in embodiments of this applicationis a medium interface for interaction and information exchange betweenan application or an operating system and a user, and implementsconversion between an internal form of information and a form acceptableto the user. A user interface of an application is source code writtenin specific computer language such as Java or extensible markup language(extensible markup language, XML). The interface source code is parsedand rendered on an electronic device 300, and is finally displayed ascontent that can be identified by the user, for example, a control suchas a picture, a text, or a button. A control (control) is a basicelement of a user interface. Typical controls include a button (button),a widget (widget), a toolbar (toolbar), a menu bar (menu bar), a textbox (text box), a scrollbar (scrollbar), a picture, and a text. Anattribute and content of the control in the interface are defined byusing a tag or a node. For example, the control included in theinterface is defined in the XML by using a node such as <Textview>,<ImgView>, or <VideoView>. One node corresponds to one control orattribute in an interface. After being parsed and rendered, the node isdisplayed as user-visible content. In addition, interfaces of manyapplications such as a hybrid application (hybrid application) usuallyfurther include a web page. The web page, also referred to as a page,may be understood as a special control embedded in an applicationinterface. The web page is source code written in a specific computerlanguage, for example, hypertext markup language (hypertext markuplanguage, HTML), cascading style sheets (cascading style sheets, CSS),or a Java script (JavaScript, JS). A browser or a web page displaycomponent whose function is similar to that of a browser may load anddisplay the web page source code as content that can be identified bythe user. Specific content included in the web page is also defined byusing a tag or a node in the web page source code. For example, anelement and an attribute of the web page are defined in the HTML byusing <p>, <img>, <video>, or <canvas>.

A common representation form of a user interface is a graphical userinterface (graphical user interface, GUI), and is a user interface thatis displayed in a graphical manner and related to a computer operation.The graphical user interface may be an interface element such as awindow or a control displayed on a display of an electronic device.

An integrated development environment (integrated developmentenvironment, IDE) is application software that assists programdevelopers in developing software and can assist in writing source codetext inside a development tool, compiling the text, and packaging thetext into an available program. Some can also design graphicalinterfaces. An IDE usually includes a programming language editor, anautomatic build tool, a debugger, and the like. Some IDEs includecompilers/interpreters, and others do not. These IDEs can compile codesby invoking third-party compilers. Optionally, the IDE also includes aversion control system and some tools for designing a graphical userinterface. Many object-oriented modern IDEs also include categorybrowsers, object viewers, object structure diagrams, and the like. Inembodiments of this application, a quick application is usuallydeveloped in a specific IDE, for example, an IDE of a Huawei quickapplication.

An engine (engine) is a core component of a development program orsystem on an electronic platform. A developer may use the engine toquickly establish and lay out a function required by a program, or usethe engine to assist running of the program. In general, an engine is asupporting part of a program or a set of systems. Common program enginesinclude game engines, search engines, and antivirus engines. Inembodiments of this application, a quick application needs to beinterpreted and executed by using a dedicated engine.

The following describes an application system provided in embodiments ofthis application. FIG. 1A is a schematic diagram of an applicationsystem according to an embodiment of this application. The applicationsystem 10 may include a development device 100, an application server200, an intelligent terminal 300, and a third-party server 400.

The development device 100 may be an electronic device configured withan IDE, such as a notebook computer or a desktop computer. In FIG. 1A,the desktop computer is used as an example. A program developer maywrite source code of a quick application by using the development device100. After the source code of the quick application has been written,the development device 100 may generate an application package of thequick application based on the source code, and upload the applicationpackage to the application server 200 for a user to download and use. Anapplication package is a set of files that can be automaticallydecompressed, and files required for running a quick application can beparsed.

The application server 200 may receive and store the application packetthat is of the quick application and that is uploaded by the developmentdevice 100, and provide a quick application package download service forthe intelligent terminal 300. Specifically, the application server 200may receive a download request sent by the intelligent terminal 300, andthe download request includes an identifier of a quick application. Theapplication server 200 sends the application package of the quickapplication to the intelligent terminal 300 based on the identifier ofthe quick application.

The intelligent terminal 300 may be an electronic device that cansupport running of a quick application, such as a smartphone or a tabletcomputer. In FIG. 1A, the smartphone is used as an example. The user maydownload the application package of the quick application from theapplication server 200 by using the intelligent terminal 300.

The third-party server 400 may provide data required for running a quickapplication, for example, may provide data such as a news list and newscontent for a quick application of a news type. In a quick applicationinitialization process, the intelligent terminal 300 obtains, throughparsing, a URL corresponding to data required for first screen displayof an application, and requests the data from the third-party server 400based on the URL.

Currently, for a procedure of starting a quick application for the firsttime, refer to the flowchart shown in FIG. 1B. The procedure includesthe following steps.

FIG. 1C is a schematic diagram of a search interface of a quickapplication according to an embodiment of this application. As shown ina user interface 31 that is shown in FIG. 1C as an example, the userinterface 31 includes an input box 300 and a keyboard 306.

S101: Detect that a user taps a search control on the keyboard 306. Inresponse to this tap operation, the intelligent terminal 300 requests,from the application server 200, application information of an appletthat conforms to a name entered by the user.

In some embodiments, the intelligent terminal 300 may send a request tothe application server 200. The request includes the name entered by theuser and is used to indicate the application server 200 to send, to theintelligent terminal 300, the application information of the applet thatconforms to the entered name.

S102: In response to this request, the application server 200 sends, tothe intelligent terminal 300, the application information of the appletthat conforms to the name entered by the user.

Specifically, the application server 200 determines, based on the nameentered by the user, the applet that conforms to the name entered by theuser, and then sends, to the intelligent terminal 300, the applicationinformation of the applet that conforms to the name entered by the user.

S103: After receiving the application information sent by theapplication server 200, the intelligent terminal 300 displays anapplication list based on the application information.

For a user interface that displays the application list, refer to a userinterface 32 shown in FIG. 1D as an example. The user interface 32includes two list options: an option 320 and an option 322.

S104: Detect that the user taps the option 320. In response to this tapoperation, the intelligent terminal 300 requests, from the applicationserver 200, to download an application package of a quick applicationcorresponding to the option 320.

S105: In response to this request, the application server 200 sends theapplication package of the “News.com” quick application to theintelligent terminal 300.

It should be noted that, before S106, the application server 200 storesthe application package of the “News.com” quick application. Theapplication package of the “News.com” quick application is sent by thedevelopment device 100 to the application server 200.

S106: After receiving the application package sent by the applicationserver 200, the intelligent terminal 300 initializes the quickapplication, and parses the application package to obtain a URL of datarequired for first screen display of the quick application.

S107: The intelligent terminal 300 requests, from the third-party server400 based on the URL, to download the data required for the first screendisplay of the quick application.

Specifically, before S107 is performed, a quick application engine ofthe instant messaging application (for example, WeChat application)determines that no data corresponding to the URL exists locally.

S108: The third-party server 400 sends the data to the intelligentterminal 300 in response to this request.

S109: After receiving the data sent by the third-party server 400, theintelligent terminal 300 performs rendering based on the data togenerate and display a first screen of the “News.com” quick application.

In the foregoing scenario, the intelligent terminal 300 needs todownload, from the third-party server 400 based on the URL obtained byparsing the application package, the data required for the first screendisplay after downloading the application package of the “News.com”quick application. As a result, it takes a long time to start the“News.com” quick application for the first time.

In this embodiment of this application, in response to the tapoperation, the intelligent terminal 300 further requests accelerationscripts of two quick applications in the application list from theapplication server. The acceleration script may be parsed to obtain theURL corresponding to the data required for the first screen display ofthe quick application corresponding to the acceleration script. Whendetecting that the user taps the option 320, the intelligent terminal300 requests, from the application server 200 in response to this tapoperation, to download the application package of the quick applicationcorresponding to the option 320. In addition, the intelligent terminalexecutes the acceleration script, and requests, from the third-partyserver 400 based on the URL obtained through parsing, the data requiredfor the first screen display. After downloading of the applicationpackage is completed, the intelligent terminal 300 initializes the quickapplication. When the quick application requests the data required forthe first screen display, the engine may send downloaded data to thequick application. In this way, the quick application may performrendering based on the downloaded data to generate and display the firstscreen. This can reduce time for downloading the data required for thefirst screen display, and improve quick application startup efficiency.

In embodiments of this application, the intelligent terminal 300 may bean electronic device. The following describes an electronic device 10according to an embodiment of this application. FIG. 2A is a schematicdiagram of a structure of the electronic device 10 according to anembodiment of this application.

The electronic device 10 may include a processor 110, an external memoryinterface 120, an internal memory 121, a universal serial bus (universalserial bus, USB) interface 130, a charging management module 140, apower management module 141, a battery 142, an antenna 1, an antenna 2,a mobile communications module 150, a wireless communications module160, an audio module 170, a speaker 170A, a receiver 170B, a microphone170C, a headset jack 170D, a sensor module 180, a button 190, a motor191, an indicator 192, a camera 193, a display 194, a subscriberidentification module (subscriber identification module, SIM) cardinterface 195, and the like. The sensor module 180 may include apressure sensor 180A, a gyro sensor 180B, a barometric pressure sensor180C, a magnetic sensor 180D, an acceleration sensor 180E, a distancesensor 180F, an optical proximity sensor 180G, a fingerprint sensor180H, a temperature sensor 180J, a touch sensor 180K, an ambient lightsensor 180L, a bone conduction sensor 180M, and the like.

It should be understood that the electronic device 10 shown in FIG. 2Ais merely an example, and the electronic device 10 may have more orfewer components than those shown in FIG. 2A, may combine two or morecomponents, or may have different component configurations. Variouscomponents shown in the figure may be implemented in hardware thatincludes one or more signal processing and/or application-specificintegrated circuits, software, or a combination of hardware andsoftware.

The processor 110 may include one or more processing units. For example,the processor 110 may include an application processor (applicationprocessor, AP), a modem processor, a graphics processing unit (graphicsprocessing unit, GPU), an image signal processor (image signalprocessor, ISP), a controller, a memory, a video codec, a digital signalprocessor (digital signal processor, DSP), a baseband processor, and/ora neural-network processing unit (neural-network processing unit, NPU).Different processing units may be independent components, or may beintegrated into one or more processors.

The controller may be a nerve center and a command center of theelectronic device 10. The controller may generate an operation controlsignal based on instruction operation code and a time sequence signal,to complete control of instruction fetching and instruction execution.

A memory may further be disposed in the processor 110, and is configuredto store instructions and data. In some embodiments, the memory in theprocessor 110 is a cache. The memory may store instructions or data justused or cyclically used by the processor 110. If the processor 110 needsto use the instructions or the data again, the processor may directlyinvoke the instructions or the data from the memory. This avoidsrepeated access and reduces waiting time of the processor 110, therebyimproving system efficiency.

In some embodiments, the processor 110 may include one or moreinterfaces. The interface may include an inter-integrated circuit(inter-integrated circuit, I2C) interface, an inter-integrated circuitsound (inter-integrated circuit sound, I2S) interface, a pulse codemodulation (pulse code modulation, PCM) interface, a universalasynchronous receiver/transmitter (universal asynchronousreceiver/transmitter, UART) interface, a mobile industry processorinterface (mobile industry processor interface, MIPI), a general-purposeinput/output (general-purpose input/output, GPIO) interface, asubscriber identification module (subscriber identification module, SIM)interface, a universal serial bus (universal serial bus, USB) interface,and/or the like.

The I2C interface is a two-way synchronization serial bus, and includesa serial data line (serial data line, SDA) and a serial clock line(serial clock line, SCL). The processor 110 may be coupled to the touchsensor 180K through the I2C interface, so that the processor 110communicates with the touch sensor 180K through an I2C bus interface, toimplement a touch function of the electronic device 10.

The I2S interface may be configured to perform audio communication. Insome embodiments, the processor 110 may include a plurality of groups ofI2S buses. The processor 110 may be coupled to the audio module 170through the I2S bus, to implement communication between the processor110 and the audio module 170.

The PCM interface may also be configured to: perform audiocommunication, and sample, quantize, and code an analog signal. In someembodiments, the audio module 170 may be coupled to the wirelesscommunications module 160 through a PCM bus interface.

The UART interface is a universal serial data bus, and is configured toperform asynchronous communication. The bus may be a two-waycommunication bus. The bus converts to-be-transmitted data betweenserial communication and parallel communication. In some embodiments,the UART interface is usually configured to connect the processor 110 tothe wireless communications module 160. For example, the processor 110communicates with a Bluetooth module in the wireless communicationsmodule 160 through the UART interface, to implement a Bluetoothfunction.

The MIPI interface may be configured to connect the processor 110 to aperipheral component such as the display 194 or the camera 193. The MIPIinterface includes a camera serial interface (camera serial interface,CSI), a display serial interface (display serial interface, DSI), andthe like. In some embodiments, the processor 110 communicates with thedisplay 194 through the DSI interface, to implement a display functionof the electronic device 10.

The GPIO interface may be configured by using software. The GPIOinterface may be configured as a control signal or a data signal. Insome embodiments, the GPIO interface may be configured to connect theprocessor 110 to the camera 193, the display 194, the wirelesscommunications module 160, the audio module 170, the sensor module 180,and the like.

The USB interface 130 is an interface that complies with a USB standardspecification, and may be specifically a mini USB interface, a micro USBinterface, a USB Type-C interface, or the like. The USB interface 130may be configured to connect to a charger to charge the electronicdevice 10, or may be configured to transmit data between the electronicdevice 10 and a peripheral device.

It may be understood that an interface connection relationship betweenthe modules that is shown in this embodiment of the present invention ismerely an example for description, and does not constitute a limitationon the structure of the electronic device 10. In some other embodimentsof this application, the electronic device 10 may alternatively use aninterface connection manner different from that in the foregoingembodiment, or a combination of a plurality of interface connectionmanners.

The charging management module 140 is configured to receive a charginginput from a charger. The charger may be a wireless charger or a wiredcharger. The charging management module 140 may further supply power tothe electronic device by using the power management module 141 when thebattery 142 is charged.

The power management module 141 is configured to connect the battery 142and the charging management module 140 to the processor 110. The powermanagement module 141 receives input of the battery 142 and/or thecharging management module 140, and supplies power to the processor 110,the internal memory 121, an external memory, the display 194, the camera193, the wireless communications module 160, and the like.

A wireless communication function of the electronic device 10 may beimplemented through the antenna 1, the antenna 2, the mobilecommunications module 150, the wireless communications module 160, themodem processor, the baseband processor, and the like.

The antenna 1 and the antenna 2 are configured to transmit and receiveelectromagnetic wave signals. Each antenna in the electronic device 10may be configured to cover one or more communication frequency bands.Different antennas may further be multiplexed to improve antennautilization. For example, the antenna 1 may be multiplexed as adiversity antenna of a wireless local area network. In otherembodiments, the antenna may be used in combination with a tuningswitch.

The mobile communications module 150 may provide a solution, applied tothe electronic device 10, for wireless communication including 2G, 3G,4G, 5G, and the like. The mobile communications module 150 may includeat least one filter, a switch, a power amplifier, a low noise amplifier(low noise amplifier, LNA), and the like. The mobile communicationsmodule 150 may receive an electromagnetic wave through the antenna 1,perform processing such as filtering and amplification on the receivedelectromagnetic wave, and transmit the electromagnetic wave to the modemprocessor for demodulation. The mobile communications module 150 mayfurther amplify a signal modulated by the modem processor, and convertthe signal into an electromagnetic wave for radiation through theantenna 1.

The modem processor may include a modulator and a demodulator. Themodulator is configured to modulate a to-be-sent low-frequency basebandsignal into a medium/high-frequency signal. The demodulator isconfigured to demodulate a received electromagnetic wave signal into alow-frequency baseband signal. Then, the demodulator transmits thelow-frequency baseband signal obtained through demodulation to thebaseband processor for processing.

The wireless communications module 160 may provide a wirelesscommunication solution that includes a wireless local area network(wireless local area network, WLAN) (for example, a wireless fidelity(wireless fidelity, Wi-Fi) network), Bluetooth (Bluetooth, BT), a globalnavigation satellite system (global navigation satellite system, GNSS),frequency modulation (frequency modulation, FM), near fieldcommunication (near field communication, NFC), an infrared (infrared,IR) technology, and the like and that is applied to the electronicdevice 10. The wireless communications module 160 may be one or morecomponents integrated into at least one communications processor module.The wireless communications module 160 receives an electromagnetic wavethrough the antenna 2, performs processing such as filtering oramplification on an electromagnetic wave signal, and sends a processedsignal to the processor 110. The wireless communications module 160 mayfurther receive a to-be-sent signal from the processor 110, performfrequency modulation and amplification on the signal, and convert thesignal into an electromagnetic wave for radiation through the antenna 2.In this embodiment of this application, the electronic device 10 mayestablish communication connections to the application server 200 andthe third-party server 400 by using the wireless communications module160.

In some embodiments, the antenna 1 of the electronic device 10 iscoupled to the mobile communications module 150, and the antenna 2 iscoupled to the wireless communications module 160, so that theelectronic device 10 may communicate with a network and another deviceby using a wireless communications technology. The wirelesscommunications technology may include a global system for mobilecommunications (global system for mobile communications, GSM), a generalpacket radio service (general packet radio service, GPRS), code divisionmultiple access (code division multiple access, CDMA), wideband codedivision multiple access (wideband code division multiple access,WCDMA), time-division code division multiple access (time-division codedivision multiple access, TD-CDMA), long term evolution (long termevolution, LTE), BT, a GNSS, a WLAN, NFC, FM, an IR technology, and/orthe like.

The electronic device 10 implements a display function through a GPU,the display 194, the application processor, and the like. The GPU is amicroprocessor for image processing, and is connected to the display 194and the application processor. The GPU is configured to performmathematical and geometric calculation, and render an image. Theprocessor 110 may include one or more GPUs that execute programinstructions to generate or change display information.

The display 194 is configured to display an image, a video, or the like.The display 194 includes a display panel. The display panel may use aliquid crystal display (liquid crystal display, LCD), an organiclight-emitting diode (organic light-emitting diode, OLED), anactive-matrix organic light-emitting diode (active-matrix organiclight-emitting diode, AMOLED), a flexible light-emitting diode (flexiblelight-emitting diode, FLED), a mini LED, a micro LED, a micro OLED, aquantum dot light-emitting diode (quantum dot light-emitting diode,QLED), or the like. In some embodiments, the electronic device 10 mayinclude one or N displays 194, where N is a positive integer greaterthan 1.

The electronic device 10 may implement a photographing function by usingthe ISP, the camera 193, the video codec, the GPU, the display 194, theapplication processor, and the like.

The ISP is configured to process data fed back by the camera 193. Forexample, during photographing, a shutter is pressed, light istransmitted to a photosensitive element of the camera through a lens, anoptical signal is converted into an electrical signal, and thephotosensitive element of the camera transmits the electrical signal tothe ISP for processing, to convert the electrical signal into a visibleimage.

The camera 193 is configured to capture a static image or a video. Insome embodiments, the electronic device 10 may include one or N cameras193, where N is a positive integer greater than 1.

The digital signal processor is configured to process a digital signal,and may process another digital signal in addition to the digital imagesignal. For example, when the electronic device 10 selects a frequency,the digital signal processor is configured to perform Fourier transformand the like on frequency energy.

The video codec is configured to compress or decompress a digital video.The electronic device 10 may support one or more types of video codecs.In this way, the electronic device 10 may play or record videos in aplurality of encoding formats, for example, moving picture experts group(moving picture experts group, MPEG)-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-3, and MPEG-4.

The NPU is a neural-network (neural-network, NN) computing processor.The NPU can implement applications such as intelligent cognition of theelectronic device 10, such as image recognition, facial recognition,speech recognition, and text understanding.

The external memory interface 120 may be configured to be connected toan external memory card such as a micro SD card, to extend a storagecapability of the electronic device 10. The external storage cardcommunicates with the processor 110 through the external memoryinterface 120, to implement a data storage function. For example, filessuch as music and videos are stored in the external memory card.

The internal memory 121 may be configured to store computer executableprogram code. The executable program code includes instructions. Theprocessor 110 runs the instructions stored in the internal memory 121 toperform various function applications of the electronic device 10 andprocess data. The internal memory 121 may include a program storage areaand a data storage area. The program storage area may store an operatingsystem, an application required by at least one function (for example, avoice playing function or an image playing function), and the like. Thedata storage area may store data (such as audio data and a phone book)and the like that are created during use of the electronic device 10. Inaddition, the internal memory 121 may include a high-speed random accessmemory, and may further include a nonvolatile memory, for example, atleast one magnetic disk storage device, a flash memory device, or auniversal flash storage (universal flash storage, UFS).

The electronic device 10 may implement an audio function by using theaudio module 170, the speaker 170A, the receiver 170B, the microphone170C, the headset jack 170D, the application processor, and the like,for example, implement a music playback function and a recordingfunction.

The audio module 170 is configured to convert digital audio informationinto an analog audio signal output, and is also configured to convert ananalog audio input into a digital audio signal. The audio module 170 mayfurther be configured to code and decode an audio signal.

The speaker 170A, also referred to as a “loudspeaker”, is configured toconvert an audio electrical signal into a sound signal. The electronicdevice 10 may be used to listen to music or answer a hands-free call byusing the speaker 170A.

The receiver 170B, also referred to as an “earpiece”, is configured toconvert an audio electrical signal into a sound signal. When a call isanswered or voice information is received by using the electronic device10, the receiver 170B may be put close to a human ear to listen to avoice.

The microphone 170C, also referred to as a “mike” or a “mic”, isconfigured to convert a sound signal into an electrical signal. Whenmaking a call, or sending voice information, the user may make a soundnear the microphone 170C through the mouth of the user, to input a soundsignal to the microphone 170C. At least one microphone 170C may bedisposed in the electronic device 10.

The headset jack 170D is configured to connect to a wired headset. Theheadset jack 170D may be the USB interface 130, or may be a 3.5-mm openmobile terminal platform (open mobile terminal platform, OMTP) standardinterface, or a cellular telecommunications industry association of theUSA (cellular telecommunications industry association of the USA, CTIA)standard interface.

The pressure sensor 180A is configured to sense a pressure signal, andcan convert the pressure signal into an electrical signal. In someembodiments, the pressure sensor 180A may be disposed on the display194. When a touch operation is performed on the display 194, theelectronic device 10 detects intensity of the touch operation by usingthe pressure sensor 180A. The electronic device 10 may calculate a touchlocation based on a detection signal of the pressure sensor 180A.

The gyro sensor 180B may be configured to determine a motion posture ofthe electronic device 10. In some embodiments, an angular velocity ofthe electronic device 10 around three axes (namely, axes x, y, and z)may be determined by using the gyro sensor 180B. The gyro sensor 180Bmay be configured to perform image stabilization during photographing.The gyro sensor 180B may be further used in a navigation scenario and amotion-sensing game scenario.

The barometric pressure sensor 180C is configured to measure barometricpressure. In some embodiments, the electronic device 10 calculates analtitude based on a barometric pressure value measured by the barometricpressure sensor 180C, to assist in positioning and navigation.

The magnetic sensor 180D includes a Hall sensor. The electronic device10 may detect opening and closing of a flip cover by using the magneticsensor 180D.

The acceleration sensor 180E may detect accelerations in variousdirections (usually on three axes) of the electronic device 10, and maydetect magnitude and a direction of gravity when the electronic device10 is still. The acceleration sensor 180E may be further configured torecognize a posture of the electronic device, and is used in screenswitching between a landscape mode and a portrait mode, a pedometer, oranother application.

The distance sensor 180F is configured to measure a distance. Theelectronic device 10 may measure the distance in an infrared or a lasermanner.

For example, the optical proximity sensor 180G may include alight-emitting diode (LED) and an optical detector, for example, aphotodiode. The light-emitting diode may be an infrared light-emittingdiode. The electronic device 10 emits infrared light by using thelight-emitting diode. The electronic device 10 detects infraredreflected light from a nearby object by using the photodiode. Theelectronic device 10 may detect, by using the optical proximity sensor180G, that the user holds the electronic device 10 close to an ear for acall, to automatically turn off a screen for power saving.

The ambient light sensor 180L is configured to sense ambient lightbrightness. The electronic device 10 may adaptively adjust brightness ofthe display 194 based on the sensed ambient light brightness.

The fingerprint sensor 180H is configured to collect a fingerprint. Theelectronic device 10 may implement fingerprint-based unlocking,application access locking, fingerprint-based photographing,fingerprint-based call answering, and the like by using a feature of thecollected fingerprint.

The temperature sensor 180J is configured to detect a temperature. Insome embodiments, the electronic device 10 executes a temperatureprocessing policy based on the temperature detected by the temperaturesensor 18J.

The touch sensor 180K is also referred to as a “touch panel”. The touchsensor 180K may be disposed on the display 194, and the touch sensor180K and the display 194 form a touchscreen, which is also referred toas a “touch control screen”. The touch sensor 180K is configured todetect a touch operation performed on or near the touch sensor 180K. Thetouch sensor may transfer the detected touch operation to theapplication processor, to determine a type of a touch event. Forexample, the touch event type may be a tap event, a double-tap event, atouch-and-hold event, a force touch (force touch) event, a drag event,or the like. Visual output related to the touch operation may beprovided on the display 194. In some other embodiments, the touch sensor180K may alternatively be disposed on a surface of the electronic device10 at a location different from a location of the display 194.

The bone conduction sensor 180M may obtain a vibration signal. In someembodiments, the bone conduction sensor 180M may obtain a vibrationsignal of a vibration bone of a human vocal-cord part. The boneconduction sensor 180M may also be in contact with a human pulse toreceive a blood pressure beating signal.

The button 190 includes a power button, a volume button, and the like.The button 190 may be a mechanical button, or may be a touch button. Theelectronic device 10 may receive a button input, and generate a buttonsignal input related to user settings and function control of theelectronic device 10.

The motor 191 may generate a vibration prompt. The motor 191 may beconfigured to provide an incoming call vibration prompt or a touchvibration feedback. For example, touch operations performed on differentapplications (for example, photographing and audio playing) maycorrespond to different vibration feedback effects.

The indicator 192 may be an indicator light, and may be configured toindicate a charging status and a power change, or may be configured toindicate a message, a missed call, a notification, and the like.

The SIM card interface 195 is configured to connect to a SIM card. TheSIM card may be inserted into the SIM card interface 195 or detachedfrom the SIM card interface 195, to implement contact with or separationfrom the electronic device 10. The electronic device 10 may support oneor N SIM card interfaces, where N is a positive integer greater than 1.The SIM card interface 195 may support a nano-SIM card, a micro-SIMcard, a SIM card, and the like. In some embodiments, the electronicdevice 10 uses an eSIM, that is, an embedded SIM card. The eSIM card maybe embedded in the electronic device 10, and cannot be separated fromthe electronic device 10.

In embodiments of this application, the development device 100 may be anelectronic device. The following describes an electronic device 20according to an embodiment of this application. FIG. 2B is a schematicdiagram of a structure of the electronic device 20 according to anembodiment of this application. For example, the electronic device 20may be a device such as a desktop computer or a notebook computer. Asshown in FIG. 2B, the electronic device 20 may include a processor 102,a memory 103, a wireless communications processor module 104, a powerswitch 105, an input module 106, and an output module 107. Thesecomponents may be connected through a bus.

The processor 102 may be configured to read and executecomputer-readable instructions. During specific implementation, theprocessor 102 may mainly include a controller, an arithmetic unit, and aregister. The controller is mainly responsible for decoding aninstruction, and sends a control signal for an operation correspondingto the instruction. The arithmetic unit is mainly responsible forperforming a fixed-point or floating-point arithmetic operation, a shiftoperation, a logic operation, and the like, or may perform an addressoperation and address conversion. The register is mainly responsible forstoring a quantity of register operations, intermediate operationresults, and the like that are temporarily stored during instructionexecution. During specific implementation, a hardware architecture ofthe processor 102 may be an application-specific integrated circuit(Application-Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC) architecture, an MIPSarchitecture, an ARM architecture, an NP architecture, or the like.

In some embodiments, the processor 102 may be configured to generate anapplication package of a quick application based on source code that isof the quick application and that is written by a developer. Theprocessor 102 may be further configured to: parse a signal received bythe wireless communications processor module 104, and generate a signalsent by the wireless communications processor module 104.

The memory 103 is coupled to the processor 102, and is configured tostore various software programs and/or a plurality of sets ofinstructions. During specific implementation, the memory 103 may includea high-speed random access memory, and may further include a nonvolatilememory, for example, one or more magnetic disk storage devices, a flashmemory device, or another nonvolatile solid-state storage device. Thememory 103 may store an operating system, for example, an embeddedoperating system such as Windows or Android. The memory 103 may furtherstore a communications program, and the communications program may beused to communicate with the application server 200 or an additionaldevice.

The wireless communications processor module 104 may provide a wirelesscommunication solution that includes a wireless local area network(wireless local area network, WLAN) (for example, a Wi-Fi network),Bluetooth (Bluetooth, BT), BLE advertising, a global navigationsatellite system (global navigation satellite system, GNSS), frequencymodulation (frequency modulation, FM), near field communication (nearfield communication, NFC), an infrared (infrared, IR) technology, andthe like and that is applied to the electronic device 20. The wirelesscommunications processor module 104 may be one or more componentsintegrated into at least one communications processor module. Theelectronic device 20 may establish a wireless communication connectionto another device by using the wireless communications processor module104, and communicate with the another device by using one or morewireless communications technologies of Bluetooth or a WLAN. In someembodiments, the electronic device 20 may send an application package ofa quick application to the application server 200 by using the wirelesscommunications processor module 104.

The wireless communications processor module 104 may further include acellular mobile communications processor module (not shown). Thecellular mobile communications processor module may communicate withanother device (for example, a server) by using a cellular mobilecommunications technology.

The power switch 105 may be configured to control a power supply tosupply power to the electronic device 20.

The input module 106 may be configured to receive an instruction enteredby a user. For example, the input module 106 may include one or more ofa mouse, a keyboard, a touchpad, a touchscreen, a microphone, and thelike.

The output module 107 may be configured to output information. Forexample, the electronic device 20 includes one or more displays, and thedisplay may be configured to display an image, a video, and the like.The display includes a display panel. The display panel may use a liquidcrystal display (liquid crystal display, LCD), an organic light-emittingdiode (organic light-emitting diode, OLED), an active-matrix organiclight-emitting diode (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode,AMOLED), a flexible light-emitting diode (flexible light-emitting diode,FLED), a mini LED, a micro LED, a micro OLED, a quantum dotlight-emitting diode (quantum dot light-emitting diode, QLED), or thelike. In addition, the output module 107 may further include one or moreof a speaker, a sound box, and the like.

It may be understood that the structure shown in FIG. 2B does notconstitute any specific limitation on the electronic device 20. In someother embodiments of this application, the electronic device 20 mayinclude more or fewer components than those shown in the figure, orcombine some components, or split some components, or have differentcomponent arrangements. The components shown in the figure may beimplemented by hardware, software, or a combination of software andhardware.

A software system of the electronic device 10 may use a layeredarchitecture, an event-driven architecture, a microkernel architecture,a micro service architecture, or a cloud architecture. In an embodimentof this application, an Android system with a layered architecture isused as an example to describe a software structure of the electronicdevice 10.

FIG. 2C is a block diagram of the software structure of the electronicdevice 10 according to an embodiment of this application.

In the layered architecture, software is divided into several layers,and each layer has a clear role and task. The layers communicate witheach other through a software interface. In some embodiments, theAndroid system is divided into four layers: an application layer, anapplication framework layer, an Android runtime (Android runtime) andsystem library, and a kernel layer from top to bottom.

The application layer may include a series of application packages. Asshown in FIG. 2C, the application package may include applications suchas a quick application center, “WeChat”, “Gallery”, “Music”, “Videos”,and “Messages”.

The quick application center may provide a function required for runninga quick application. The quick application center may be an application.Alternatively, the quick application center may be integrated, as afunction, into another application that can provide a quick application,for example, “WeChat”, “App Store”, or “Google”.

Specifically, the quick application center may include a prefetchmodule, a running module, and a statistics upload module. In thisembodiment of this application, the prefetch module may obtain, based onan acceleration script sent by the application server 200, a first URLof data required for first screen display of a quick application, andobtain, from the third-party server 400 based on the first URL, the datarequired for the first screen display. The running module may run thequick application. In a scenario in which the quick application isstarted for the first time, the running module may initialize the quickapplication based on the application package sent by the applicationserver 200, and obtain, through parsing, a second URL of the datarequired for the first screen display of the quick application. When thefirst URL is the same as the second URL, the running module obtains,from the prefetch module, the data required for the first screendisplay. The statistics upload module may feed back a hit condition ofthe acceleration script to the application server 200 based on the firstURL and the second URL. If the first URL is the same as the second URL,it is fed back, to the application server 200, that the accelerationscript of the quick application is successfully hit; or if the first URLis different from the second URL, it is fed back, to the applicationserver 200, that the acceleration script of the quick application failsto be hit. In some embodiments, the quick application center mayalternatively not include the statistics upload module.

The application framework layer provides an application programminginterface (application programming interface, API) and a programmingframework for an application at the application layer. The applicationframework layer includes some predefined functions.

As shown in FIG. 2C, the application framework layer may include awindow manager, a content provider, a view system, a phone manager, aresource manager, a notification manager, and the like.

The window manager is configured to manage a window program. The windowmanager may obtain a size of a display, determine whether there is astatus bar, perform screen locking, take a screenshot, and the like.

The content provider is configured to store and obtain data, and enablethe data to be accessed by an application. The data may include a video,an image, audio, calls that are made and received, a browsing history, abookmark, an address book, and the like.

The view system includes visual controls, such as a control fordisplaying a text and a control for displaying an image. The view systemmay be configured to construct an application. A display interface mayinclude one or more views. For example, a display interface including anSMS message notification icon may include a text display view and animage display view.

The phone manager is configured to provide a communication function ofthe electronic device 10, for example, management of a call status(including answering, declining, and the like).

The resource manager provides various resources for an application, suchas a localized character string, an icon, an image, a layout file, and avideo file.

The notification manager enables an application to display notificationinformation in the status bar, and may be used to transmit anotification-type message. The displayed information may automaticallydisappear after a short pause without user interaction. For example, thenotification manager is configured to notify download completion, give amessage notification, and the like. The notification manager mayalternatively be a notification that appears in a top status bar of thesystem in a form of a graph or a scroll bar text, for example, anotification of an application running in the background, or anotification that appears on the screen in a form of a dialog window.For example, text information is prompted in the status bar, a prompttone is produced, a smart terminal vibrates, or an indicator lightblinks.

The Android runtime includes a kernel library and a virtual machine. TheAndroid runtime is responsible for scheduling and management of theAndroid system.

The kernel library includes two parts: One part is a performancefunction that needs to be invoked by Java language, and the other partis an Android kernel library.

The application layer and the application framework layer are run on thevirtual machine. The virtual machine executes Java files at theapplication layer and the application framework layer as binary files.The virtual machine is configured to implement functions such as objectlife cycle management, stack management, thread management, security andexception management, and garbage collection.

The system library may include a plurality of function modules, forexample, a surface manager (surface manager), a media library (MediaLibrary), a three-dimensional graphics processing library (for example,OpenGL ES), and a 2D graphics engine (for example, SGL).

The surface manager is configured to manage a display subsystem andprovide fusion of 2D and 3D layers for a plurality of applications.

The media library supports playback and recording of a plurality ofcommonly used audio and video formats, static image files, and the like.The media library may support a plurality of audio and video codingformats, such as MPEG-4, H.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPG, and PNG.

The three-dimensional graphics processing library is configured toimplement three-dimensional graphics drawing, image rendering,composition, layer processing, and the like. The 2D graphics engine is adrawing engine for 2D drawing.

The kernel layer is a layer between hardware and software. The kernellayer includes at least a display driver, a camera driver, an audiodriver, and a sensor driver.

It should be noted that the software architecture of the electronicdevice shown in FIG. 2C is merely an implementation of embodiments ofthis application. During actual application, the electronic device mayalternatively include more or fewer software modules. This is notlimited herein. In the embodiments of this application, based on thesoftware structure shown in FIG. 2C, the intelligent terminal 300 mayfurther include a display module. The display module is configured todisplay a corresponding user interface based on running of each softwaremodule. For the user interface displayed by the display module, refer tothe user interfaces shown in FIG. 1C, FIG. 1D, and FIG. 4A to FIG. 4C.The display module may be specifically implemented as the display 194 inFIG. 2A.

FIG. 2D is a block diagram of a software structure of an applicationserver 200 according to an embodiment of this application. Theapplication server 200 may include an application package storagemodule, an acceleration script generation module, an acceleration scriptstorage module, a data statistics module, and a delivery module.

The application package storage module may be configured to store anapplication package sent by the development device 100 to theapplication server 200.

The acceleration script generation module may generate, based on theapplication package in the application package storage module, anacceleration script corresponding to the application package.Specifically, one application package corresponds to one accelerationscript.

The acceleration script storage module may be configured to store anacceleration script generated by the acceleration script generationmodule. Optionally, an application package and an acceleration script ofa quick application may include a same application identifier.

The data statistics module may be configured to calculate a hit rate ofan acceleration script. The data statistics module may include ananalysis module and a data storage module. The data storage module maystore a hit result of an acceleration script sent by the intelligentterminal 300. The analysis module may calculate a hit rate of theacceleration script based on the hit result.

The delivery module may be configured to: receive a request sent by theintelligent terminal 300, and send an application package or anacceleration script of a quick application to the intelligent terminal300 in response to the request. In some embodiments, the delivery modulemay select a to-be-sent application package from the application packagestorage module based on an application identifier in the request, orselect a to-be-sent acceleration script from the acceleration scriptstorage module based on an application identifier in the request. Insome embodiments, the delivery module may receive a hit rate of anacceleration script sent by the data statistics module, compare the hitrate with a preset value, and determine whether to send the accelerationscript to the intelligent terminal 300. For example, the preset valuemay be 90%, or other data. This is merely an example. If the hit rate isnot less than the preset value, the delivery module sends theacceleration script to the intelligent terminal 300. If the hit rate isless than the preset value, the delivery module does not send theacceleration script to the intelligent terminal 300.

In some embodiments, the application server 200 may alternatively notinclude the data statistics module. In some embodiments, the applicationserver 200 may alternatively not include the acceleration scriptgeneration module. In this case, the application server 200 may receiveand store the acceleration script sent by the development device 100.

FIG. 2E is a block diagram of a software structure of a developmentdevice 100 according to an embodiment of this application. Thedevelopment device 100 may include a packaging module, an accelerationscript generation module, and an upload module. Specifically, thepackaging module may receive a source program (or referred to as sourcecode) of a quick application written by a user, and generate anapplication package of the quick application based on the source code.The acceleration script generation module may generate, based on thesource program of the quick application written by the user, anacceleration script corresponding to the quick application.Specifically, one quick application corresponds to one accelerationscript. The upload module may send the generated application package andthe acceleration script to the application server 200. In someembodiments, the development device 100 may not include the accelerationscript generation module. In this case, the application server 200includes the acceleration script generation module.

The following describes in detail an application startup method inembodiments of this application with reference to other accompanyingdrawings based on the application system 10, the development device 100,the application server 200, the intelligent terminal 300, and thethird-party server 400 described in the foregoing content. It should benoted that, in this embodiment of this application, the quickapplication is started for the first time, that is, the intelligentterminal 300 does not store an application package of the quickapplication. FIG. 3A-1 and FIG. 3A-2 are a flowchart of a quickapplication startup method according to an embodiment of thisapplication. The method includes the following steps.

S301: Detect that a user taps a search control on the keyboard 306, andin response to the tap operation, send a first request to theapplication server 200. The first request is used to request to downloadapplication information and an acceleration script of a quickapplication that conforms to a name entered by the user. For a displayinterface of the intelligent terminal 300, refer to the user interface31 shown in FIG. 1C.

S302: After the application server 200 receives the first request sentby the intelligent terminal 300, the application server 200 sends, tothe intelligent terminal 300 based on the first request, the applicationinformation and the acceleration script of the quick application thatconforms to the name entered by the user.

The application server 200 establishes a connection relationship withthe intelligent terminal 300 in advance. For example, a Huawei mobilephone may establish a connection relationship with a Huawei applicationserver in advance. Specifically, the application server 200 determines,based on the name entered by the user, the quick application thatconforms to the name entered by the user, and then sends, to theintelligent terminal 300, the application information and theacceleration script of the quick application that conforms to the nameentered by the user.

In some embodiments, a name of an applet that conforms to the nameentered by the user may be the same as the entered name, or may includeall or some characters in the entered name. The application informationmay include a name, an icon, introduction information, and the like ofthe quick application. For example, if the name entered by the user is“News.com”, applets that are determined by the application server 200and that conform to the name entered by the user are “News.com” and“News center”.

In another possible implementation, the applets that conform to the nameentered by the user may further include an applet of a same type as anapplet corresponding to the name entered by the user. For example, ifthe name entered by the user is “Video.com”, applets that conforms tothe name entered by the user may include “Video.com”, and may furtherinclude video-type quick applications such as “xx player” and “Koreandrama center” that are of a same type as the “Video.com”.

In some embodiments, the acceleration script storage module of theapplication server 200 pre-stores acceleration scripts of a plurality ofquick applications. The delivery module of the application server 200may select acceleration scripts of “News.com” and “News center” from theplurality of acceleration scripts based on determined identifiers of the“News.com” and “News center” quick applications. In this embodiment ofthis application, a size of an acceleration script is usually relativelysmall, for example, 8 kilobytes (KB) or 10 KB.

In some embodiments, before the delivery module of the applicationserver 200 sends the acceleration script of “News.com” to theintelligent terminal 300, the delivery module of the application server200 determines that a hit rate of the acceleration script of “News.com”is not less than a preset value. Similarly, A hit rate of “News center”can be determined. In this way, accuracy of an acceleration script maybe improved.

Optionally, the data statistics module of the application server 200 maycalculate a hit rate of an acceleration script. The data statisticsmodule may receive a plurality of hit results fed back by theintelligent terminals 300. Specifically, if a first URL obtained basedon an acceleration script is the same as a second URL obtained based onan application package, it indicates that a correct URL of data requiredfor first screen display of the quick application can be obtained basedon the acceleration script, and it is determined that the accelerationscript is successfully hit. If the first URL is different from thesecond URL, it indicates that a URL, obtained based on the accelerationscript, of the data required for the first screen display of the quickapplication is incorrect, and it is determined that the accelerationscript fails to be hit. The statistics upload module of the intelligentterminal 300 may send a hit result of an acceleration script to theapplication server 200 in real time. For example, after step S309 inthis embodiment is performed, the intelligent terminal 300 may send ahit result of the acceleration script of “News.com” to the applicationserver 200.

The following describes an example of a manner of calculating a hit rateof the acceleration script of “News.com”. Within a specific preset timeperiod (for example, a time value such as 10 minutes or 20 minutes), thedata storage module stores 1000 hit results of the acceleration scriptof “News.com”, where there are 968 successful hit results, andtherefore, a hit rate obtained by the analysis module based on these hitresults is 96.8%. If a preset value is 90%, the delivery moduledetermines that the hit rate is greater than the preset value, and thedelivery module sends the acceleration script of “News.com” to theintelligent terminal 300. In some embodiments, the data statisticsmodule may calculate a hit rate of the acceleration script of “News.com”every preset time period.

In some other embodiments, before the delivery module of the applicationserver 200 sends the acceleration script of “News.com” to theintelligent terminal 300, the delivery module of the application server200 determines that a size of the acceleration script of “News.com” isnot greater than a preset threshold. For example, the preset thresholdmay be 15 KB, 20 KB, or the like. In this way, it can be ensured thatthe size of the sent acceleration script is relatively small, and adownload speed is relatively high.

S303: After receiving the application information and the accelerationscript that are sent by the application server 200, the intelligentterminal 300 displays an application list based on the applicationinformation, and stores the acceleration script.

For a user interface that displays the application list of the quickapplication, refer to the user interface 32 as an example shown in FIG.1D. The user interface 32 includes two list options: an option 320 andan option 322. In some embodiments, a manner of storing the accelerationscript by the intelligent terminal 300 may be caching. In this manner,the acceleration script can be quickly read.

S304: Detect that the user taps the option 320. In response to this tapoperation, the intelligent terminal 300 sends a second request to theapplication server 200. The second request is used to request todownload an application package of a quick application (namely,“News.com”) corresponding to the option 320.

The second request may include an identifier of “News.com”. Optionally,the running module of the quick application center of the intelligentterminal 300 sends the second request to the application server 200 inresponse to the tap operation.

S305: After the application server 200 receives the second request sentby the intelligent terminal 300, the application server 200 sends theapplication package of “News.com” to the intelligent terminal 300 basedon the second request.

The application package storage module of the application server 200pre-stores application packages of a plurality of quick applications.The delivery module of the application server 200 may select theapplication package of “News.com” from the plurality of applicationpackages based on the identifier of “News.com” in the second request.

S306: In response to this tap operation, the intelligent terminal 300further runs the acceleration script of “News.com” to obtain a first URLof data required for first screen display of the quick application.

In some embodiments, the intelligent terminal 300 may obtain one or moreof a media access control address (Media Access Control Address, MACaddress) of the intelligent terminal 300, an engine version number, anInternet protocol address (IP address), an operating system version,address information (for example, information such as HANGZHOU orGUANGZHOU) of the intelligent terminal 300, and a current network type(for example, 3G, 4G, or Wi-Fi) of the intelligent terminal 300, and oneor more of a manufacturer brand (for example, Huawei) of the intelligentterminal 300 based on the acceleration script of “News.com”, and thengenerate the first URL based on the obtained information.

S307: The intelligent terminal 300 sends a third request to thethird-party server 400 based on the first URL. The third request is usedto request to download the data required for the first screen display ofthe quick application.

Optionally, the prefetch module of the quick application center of theintelligent terminal 300 may run the acceleration script of “News.com”,and send the third request to the third-party server 400 based on thefirst URL.

S308: After the third-party server 400 receives the third request sentby the intelligent terminal 300, the third-party server 400 sends, tothe intelligent terminal 300 based on the third request, the datarequired for the first screen display of “News.com”.

Optionally, the prefetch module of the quick application center of theintelligent terminal 300 may store the data that is sent by thethird-party server 400 and that is required for the first screen displayof “News.com”. Alternatively, the storage module of the intelligentterminal 300 stores the data, and the prefetch module may record astorage path of the data.

S309: After the intelligent terminal 300 receives the applicationpackage of “News.com” sent by the application server 200, theintelligent terminal 300 initializes the application package to obtain asecond URL of the data required for the first screen display of thequick application.

Optionally, the running module of the quick application center of theintelligent terminal 300 may initialize the application package.

S310: When the first URL is the same as the second URL, the intelligentterminal 300 performs rendering based on the data obtained throughrequesting based on the first URL, to generate and display a firstscreen of the “News.com” quick application.

Optionally, when the first URL is the same as the second URL, therunning module obtains downloaded data or a storage path of the datafrom the prefetch module, and then performs rendering based on thedownloaded data to generate and display the first screen. For example,for a quick application startup process and an acceleration scriptexecution process, refer to a schematic diagram shown in FIG. 3B.

In some embodiments, when the first URL is different from the secondURL, the intelligent terminal obtains new data from the third-partyserver based on the second URL, and then performs rendering based on thenew data to generate and display the first screen of the quickapplication.

In this way, the intelligent terminal 300 may perform rendering togenerate and display the first screen based on the data that isdownloaded based on the first URL obtained by parsing the accelerationscript of the “News.com” quick application. When the application packageis downloaded and initialized, the data required for the first screendisplay of the quick application can be downloaded. This reduces quickapplication startup time and improves quick application startupefficiency.

In some embodiments, the user may alternatively select two or more quickapplication options. In this case, in response to this tap operation,the intelligent terminal 300 requests to download application packagesof quick applications corresponding to these options, runs accelerationscripts corresponding to the application packages, and then displaysfirst screens of the quick applications in the foregoing describedmanner. For example, in a screen splitting scenario, the intelligentterminal 300 may display a first screen of a quick application in eachof a plurality of display areas.

The foregoing embodiment describes an implementation process of anapplication startup manner provided in this embodiment of thisapplication in a scenario in which a user searches for a quickapplication. It should be noted that the application startup method inthis embodiment of this application may be further applied to anotheruse scenario. The following describes some other scenarios.

FIG. 4A is a schematic diagram of a chat interface of an instantmessaging application according to an embodiment of this application. Asshown in FIG. 4A, a user interface 41 includes a display area 400 and aninput area 402. The display area 400 is used to display a chat recordbetween a user who uses the intelligent terminal 300 and a chat object(namely, Lisa). The input area 402 is used to enter a chat message, forexample, a text, a voice, or an emoticon.

When the intelligent terminal 300 receives quick application information404 sent by the chat object, the prefetch module of the intelligentterminal 300 may send a request to the application server 200, to obtainan acceleration script of “News.com”. Optionally, before the prefetchmodule of the intelligent terminal 300 sends the request to theapplication server 200, the prefetch module determines that theintelligent terminal does not locally store the acceleration script of“News.com”. In this way, a problem of time waste caused by repeatedlyobtaining the acceleration script can be avoided.

When it is detected that the user taps the quick application information404, in response to this tap operation, the prefetch module of theintelligent terminal 300 runs the acceleration script, and sends arequest to the application server 200 based on an obtained third URL, toobtain data required for first screen display of “News.com”. Inaddition, in response to the tap operation, the running module of theintelligent terminal 300 sends a request to the application server 200,to obtain an application package of “News.com”. After the applicationpackage sent by the application server 200 is received, the runningmodule initializes the application package to obtain a fourth URL of thedata required for the first screen display. When the third URL is thesame as the fourth URL, the running module obtains downloaded data fromthe prefetch module, and then performs rendering based on the downloadeddata to generate and display a first screen of the “News.com” quickapplication.

In this way, when receiving a quick application message, the intelligentterminal 300 obtains the acceleration script of the “News.com” quickapplication. When the user taps the quick application message, theintelligent terminal 300 obtains the application package of the“News.com” quick application, and obtains, in advance based on theacceleration script, the data required for the first screen display ofthe quick application. This can reduce quick application startup timeand improve quick application startup efficiency.

In some other embodiments, when the quick application information 404sent by the chat object is received, the prefetch module of theintelligent terminal 300 may send a request to the application server200, to obtain an acceleration script of “News.com”. In addition, afterthe acceleration script sent by the application server 200 is received,the prefetch module of the intelligent terminal 300 runs theacceleration script, and sends a request to the application server 200based on an obtained third URL, to obtain data required for first screendisplay of “News.com”.

In this way, before the application package is downloaded, the datarequired for the first screen display of the quick application may beobtained in advance by using the acceleration script. In a subsequentapplication package initialization process, the downloaded data may beused to render the first screen of the quick application, therebyreducing quick application startup time and improving quick applicationstartup efficiency.

FIG. 4B is a schematic diagram of another search interface of a quickapplication in an application store according to an embodiment of thisapplication.

As shown in FIG. 4B, a user interface 42 may display icons of aplurality of quick applications. For example, the user interface 42displays an icon 411 of a “News.com” quick application, an icon 413 of a“News center” quick application, and an icon 415 of a “Notepad” quickapplication.

When it is detected that a user taps the icon 411, the intelligentterminal 300 switches, in response to the tap operation, from displayingthe user interface 42 to displaying a user interface 43. FIG. 4C is aschematic diagram of a detail page of a quick application according toan embodiment of this application. A user interface 43 is used todisplay detail information about a “News.com” quick application, forexample, an icon, a name, a quantity of download times, an applicationintroduction, a comment, and a related recommendation.

Specifically, in response to the tap operation, the prefetch module ofthe intelligent terminal 300 may send a request to the applicationserver 200, to obtain application information and an acceleration scriptof “News.com”. Optionally, before the prefetch module of the intelligentterminal 300 sends the request to the application server 200, theprefetch module determines that the intelligent terminal does notlocally store the acceleration script of “News.com”. In this way, aproblem of time waste caused by repeatedly obtaining the accelerationscript can be avoided.

When it is detected that the user taps an open control 417, in responseto the tap operation, the prefetch module of the intelligent terminal300 runs the acceleration script, and sends a request to the applicationserver 200 based on an obtained fifth URL, to obtain data required forfirst screen display of “News.com”. In addition, in response to the tapoperation, the running module of the intelligent terminal 300 sends arequest to the application server 200, to obtain an application packageof “News.com”. After the application package sent by the applicationserver 200 is received, the running module initializes the applicationpackage to obtain a sixth URL of the data required for the first screendisplay. When the fifth URL is the same as the sixth URL, the runningmodule obtains downloaded data from the prefetch module, and thenperforms rendering based on the downloaded data to generate and displaya first screen of the “News.com” quick application.

In this way, when the user views a detail message of the quickapplication, the intelligent terminal 300 obtains the accelerationscript of the “News.com” quick application. When the user taps the opencontrol, the intelligent terminal 300 obtains the application package ofthe “News.com” quick application, and obtains, in advance based on theacceleration script, the data required for the first screen display ofthe quick application. This can reduce quick application startup timeand improve quick application startup efficiency.

In some other embodiments, when it is detected that the user taps theicon 411, the prefetch module of the intelligent terminal 300 may send arequest to the application server 200, to obtain an acceleration scriptof a “News.com” quick application. In addition, after the accelerationscript sent by the application server 200 is received, the prefetchmodule of the intelligent terminal 300 runs the acceleration script, andsends a request to the application server 200 based on an obtained fifthURL, to obtain data required for first screen display of the “News.com”quick application. In this way, before the application package isdownloaded, the data required for the first screen display of the quickapplication may be obtained in advance by using the acceleration script.In a subsequent application package initialization process, thedownloaded data may be used to render a first screen of the quickapplication, thereby reducing quick application startup time andimproving quick application startup efficiency.

It should be noted that, in addition to the three application scenariosdescribed above, the application startup method provided in thisembodiment of this application may be further applied to anotherscenario. For example, the intelligent terminal 300 may include alow-power-consumption camera, and the intelligent terminal 300 maydetermine, based on gesture information recognized by thelow-power-consumption camera, to request an acceleration script from theapplication server 200.

In some other embodiments, when detecting that a user starts anapplication that can run a quick application, the intelligent terminal300 may download acceleration scripts of some quick applications inadvance based on information such as a behavior habit of the user, aquick application use record, and a user profile. When the usersubsequently triggers startup of these quick applications, theintelligent terminal 300 obtains, in advance based on the accelerationscripts, data required for first screen display of the quickapplications. This reduces quick application startup time and improvesquick application startup efficiency.

In these scenarios, data required for first screen display of a quickapplication can be obtained in advance by using an acceleration script.This reduces quick application startup time and improves quickapplication startup efficiency.

The foregoing describes an implementation procedure of the quickapplication startup method according to the embodiments of thisapplication. The following further describes a manner in which anacceleration script generation module generates an acceleration scriptbased on an application package.

In a first manner, for the acceleration script generation module, referto a block diagram of a software structure shown in FIG. 5A. Theacceleration script generation module includes a parsing module, asyntax analysis module, a code injection module, a trial running module,an analysis module, and a tailoring module.

Specifically, the parsing module is configured to parse the applicationpackage to obtain source code related to first screen display when aquick application is started. For example, in a quick applicationscenario, the source code related to the first screen display isspecified in a configuration file (for example, manifest.json) in a rootdirectory of the application package. In the manifest.json file,router.entry indicates an entry of an application. A js file in thisentry is the source code required for the first screen display.

The syntax analysis module is configured to parse the source code intoan abstract syntax tree ((abstract syntax tree, AST), or a syntax tree(syntax tree) for short) in a syntax analysis manner. Syntax analysis(syntax analysis, or referred to as parsing) is a process of analyzingan input text formed in a word sequence (for example, an English wordsequence) and determining a syntax structure of the input text,according to a form rule used when an application is compiled. Thesyntax analysis may be implemented by using a parser. The parser(parser) is usually used as a component of a compiler or an interpreter,and is used to check syntax and construct a data structure (usually ahierarchical data structure such as a syntax analysis tree or anabstract syntax tree) including input words. The parser usually uses anindependent lexical analyzer to separate words from an input characterstream one by one and uses a word stream as its input.

The AST is an abstract representation of a syntax structure of thesource code. The abstract syntax tree indicates a syntax structure ofprogramming language in a tree form. Each node on the tree indicates astructure in the source code. Syntax is “abstract” because it does notrepresent every detail of real syntax. For example, nested parenthesesare hidden in the structure of the tree and are not presented in a nodeform. A conditional jump statement similar to “if-condition-then” can berepresented by a node with two branches.

The code injection module is configured to analyze the abstract syntaxtree, and inject statistics upload code into a selected node of theabstract syntax tree. The selected node may be one or more of nodes suchas a function entry, a logical fork node, a variable getter (getter) andsetter (setter) node, and an in-application network resource request(that is, requesting data required for first screen display) node. Forexample, data output by the statistics upload code may include aspecific location of code that is run (for example, a specific line of afile in which the code is located) and a moment at which the code isrun. The statistics upload code is used to determine the specificlocation that is of the executed code in subcode to which the nodebelongs and that is in the source code. After the statistics upload codeis injected into the source code, the code injection module repackagesprocessed source code, to obtain a processed application package.Subsequently, the code injection module sends the processed applicationpackage to the trial running module.

Optionally, in this embodiment of this application, a hook technologymay be used to intercept variable getter (getter) and setter (setter)operations. The hook technology is a manner of intercepting and changingnative behavior of a program. A hook can be used to hook a call of theprogram. Before the program is to execute the call, predefined logic inthe hook is executed. After the predefined logic is executed, the nativebehavior of the program is selected to be executed or not executed. Thevariable getter (getter) and setter (setter) operations are interceptedby using the hook technology, so that it can be sensed when a variableis used (for example, a value of the variable is obtained or a value ofthe variable is modified), to determine whether the variable can besimplified. The trial running module is configured to run the processedapplication package to obtain the specific location that is of theexecuted code in the subcode to which the node belongs, that is in thesource code, and that is fed back by the statistic upload code.Subsequently, the trial running module sends a running result and theprocessed application package to the analysis module.

The analysis module is configured to determine, from the processedapplication package based on the running result fed back by the trialrunning module, a critical path from initializing the application toperforming in-application network request. Specifically, the locationinformation fed back by the trial running module reflects whether eachline of code of the subcode to which the node belongs has an executionrecord, and which code is the critical path may be determined accordingto the record.

The following code is used as an example for description. fetch(url) isan in-application network resource request node.

Source code: global_data = { switch : true, base_url : ″″ } unused = {foo : 0 } main( ) {  foo_method0( );  foo_method1( );  foo_method2( ); }foo_method0( ) {  global_data.base_url = ″http://xxx.com″; }foo_method1( ) {  if (switch) {   id = device_id( );   url =global_data.base_url + ″?device_id=″ + id;   fetch(url);//location of arequest } else {   // ...  } } foo_method2( ) {//foo_method2 is notexecuted before fetch is executed  unused.foo = 1; } unused_method( ) { // ... }

Based on the location information fed back by the running module, thefollowing critical path may be obtained:

global_data = { switch : true, base_url : ″″ } } main( ) {  foo_method0();  foo_method1( ); } foo_method0( ) {  global_data.base_url =″http://xxx.com″; } foo_method1( ) {  id = device_id( );  url =global_data.base_url + ″?device_id=″ + id;  fetch(url);//location of arequest }

Code that is not executed may be referred to as a non-critical path. Inthis embodiment of this application, the non-critical path may have thefollowing several cases:

1. Function that is not executed, for example, foo_method2( ) andunused_method( ). Specifically, foo_method2( ) is not executed beforefetch(url) is executed, and unused_method( ) is executed beforefetch(url). However, after execution, an execution result is not used insubsequent code.

2. Statement that is not executed, for example, a statement in an entireelse branch.

3. Variable that is not referenced after the foregoing code issimplified, for example, an unused variable. For instant, an IDE toolsuch as Intellij Idea may be used to check that a variable is not usedby any function.

The tailoring module may select corresponding code from the source codebased on the critical path sent by the analysis module, and then packagethe selected code to obtain the acceleration script. The accelerationscript is used to obtain, through parsing, a URL of the data requiredfor the first screen display of the quick application. In someembodiments, before packaging, the tailoring module may furtherobfuscate and compress the selected code, so that a size of theacceleration script is smaller.

In a second manner, for the acceleration script generation module, referto a block diagram of a software structure shown in FIG. 5B. Theacceleration script generation module includes a parsing module, asyntax analysis module, and a tailoring module.

For the parsing module and the syntax analysis module, refer to thedescription in the foregoing content, and details are not describedherein again.

The tailoring module is configured to tailor an abstract syntax treebased on prior knowledge in a manner of analyzing the abstract syntaxtree, and then package tailored code to obtain the acceleration script.The prior knowledge is code content that is known in advance and thatdoes not affect normal execution of an in-application request by theapplication package after deletion. For example, the prior knowledge mayinclude cascading style sheets (cascading style sheets, CSS), a template(namely, a layout), application life cycle callbacks (for example,callbacks during onDestroy/onResume), interface code used only in theselife cycles, and the like. Developers may preset prior knowledge. Insome embodiments, before packaging, the tailoring module may furtherobfuscate and compress the tailored code, so that a size of theacceleration script is smaller.

In some embodiments, the acceleration script generation module isintegrated into the development device 100. The acceleration scriptgeneration module may generate an acceleration script by using sourcecode that is of a quick application and that is entered by a user.

In a first manner, the acceleration script generation module includes aselection module, a syntax analysis module, a code injection module, atrial running module, an analysis module, and a tailoring module. Theselection module is configured to select, from the source code that isof the quick application and that is entered by the user, source codethat is about first screen display and that is available when the quickapplication is started. For other remaining modules, refer to thedescription in the content described in the embodiment corresponding toFIG. 5A. Details are not described herein again.

In a second manner, the acceleration script generation module includes aselection module, a syntax analysis module, and a tailoring module. Theselection module is configured to select, from the source code that isof the quick application and that is entered by the user, source codethat is about first screen display and that is available when the quickapplication is started. For other remaining modules, refer to thedescription in the content described in the embodiment corresponding toFIG. 5B. Details are not described herein again. The foregoingembodiments are merely intended for describing the technical solutionsof this application, but not for limiting this application. Althoughthis application is described in detail with reference to the foregoingembodiments, a person of ordinary skill in the art should understandthat modifications to the technical solutions recorded in the foregoingembodiments or equivalent replacements to some technical featuresthereof may still be made, without departing from the scope of thetechnical solutions of the embodiments of this application.

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 27. A method, comprising: sending, by an electronicdevice, a first request to an application server, wherein the firstrequest indicates to the application server to send an accelerationscript of one or more quick applications to the electronic device;receiving, by the electronic device, the acceleration script of the oneor more quick applications that is sent by the application server;detecting, by the electronic device, a first operation corresponding toa target quick application; in response to detecting the firstoperation, performing the following: sending, by the electronic device,a second request to the application server, wherein the second requestrequests an application package of the target quick application; andrunning, by the electronic device, an acceleration script of the targetquick application to obtain a first uniform resource locator (URL), andobtaining first data from a third-party server based on the first URL,wherein the acceleration script of the target quick application iscomprised in the acceleration script of the one or more quickapplications; receiving, by the electronic device, the applicationpackage that is of the target quick application and that is sent by theapplication server; running, by the electronic device, the applicationpackage of the target quick application to obtain a second URL; and whenthe first URL is the same as the second URL, generating and displaying,by the electronic device, a first screen of the target quick applicationbased on the first data.
 28. The method according to claim 27, furthercomprising: before sending, by the electronic device, the first requestto the application server, receiving, by the electronic device, instantmessaging information that comprises identifiers of the one or morequick applications.
 29. The method according to claim 27, furthercomprising: before sending, by the electronic device, the first requestto the application server, detecting, by the electronic device, a useroperation performed on an icon of the one or more quick applications.30. The method according to claim 27, further comprising: beforesending, by the electronic device, the first request to the applicationserver, receiving, by the electronic device, entered quick applicationname information, wherein the entered quick application name informationcorresponds to the one or more quick applications.
 31. The methodaccording to claim 27, further comprising: when the first URL isdifferent from the second URL, obtaining, by the electronic device,second data from the third-party server based on the second URL; andgenerating and displaying, by the electronic device, the first screen ofthe target quick application based on the second data.
 32. The methodaccording to claim 31, further comprising: when the first URL is thesame as the second URL, sending, by the electronic device to theapplication server, information indicating that the acceleration scriptof the target quick application is successfully hit; or when the firstURL is different from the second URL, sending, by the electronic deviceto the application server, information indicating that the accelerationscript of the target quick application fails to be hit.
 33. The methodaccording to claim 27, wherein running, by the electronic device, theacceleration script of the target quick application to obtain the firstURL comprises: obtaining, by the electronic device, device data based onthe acceleration script of the target quick application, wherein thedevice data comprises one or more of a media access control (MAC)address of the electronic device, an engine version number of theelectronic device, an Internet protocol (IP) address of the electronicdevice, an operating system version of the electronic device, addressinformation of the electronic device, a network type of the electronicdevice, or a manufacturer brand of the electronic device; and obtaining,by the electronic device, the first URL based on the acceleration scriptof the target quick application and the device data.
 34. A computerprogram product comprising instructions, wherein when the computerprogram product runs on an electronic device, the electronic device isenabled to perform the method according to claim
 27. 35. Anon-transitory computer-readable storage medium, comprisinginstructions, wherein when the instructions are run on an electronicdevice, the electronic device is enabled to perform the method accordingto claim
 27. 36. A method, comprising: receiving, by an applicationserver, an application package of a quick application; generating, bythe application server, an acceleration script of the quick applicationbased on the application package, wherein the acceleration script of thequick application is configured to be run by a first electronic deviceto cause the first electronic device to obtain a first uniform resourcelocator (URL) of data required for a first screen display of the quickapplication; receiving, by the application server, a first request sentby the first electronic device, wherein the first request indicates tothe application server to send the acceleration script of the quickapplication to the first electronic device; and sending, by theapplication server, the acceleration script of the quick application tothe first electronic device based on the first request.
 37. The methodaccording to claim 36, further comprising: receiving, by the applicationserver, a hit result that is of the acceleration script of the quickapplication and that is sent by one or more second electronic devices;and calculating, by the application server, a hit rate of theacceleration script of the quick application based on the hit result;and wherein the method further comprises: before sending, by theapplication server, the acceleration script of the quick application tothe first electronic device based on the first request, determining, bythe application server, that the hit rate of the acceleration script ofthe quick application is not less than a preset value.
 38. The methodaccording to claim 36, wherein generating, by the application server,the acceleration script of the quick application based on theapplication package comprises: parsing the application package to obtainfirst source code corresponding to a first screen display of the quickapplication; parsing the first source code to obtain an abstract syntaxtree; injecting statistics upload code into one or more nodes of theabstract syntax tree to obtain second source code; obtaining a processedapplication package based on the second source code; running theprocessed application package to obtain a critical path indicated by thestatistics upload code; selecting third source code from the firstsource code based on the critical path; and obtaining the accelerationscript of the quick application based on the third source code.
 39. Anelectronic device, comprising: one or more processors; and anon-transitory memory; and wherein the non-transitory memory is coupledto the one or more processors, the non-transitory memory is configuredto store program code, and when the one or more processors invoke theprogram code, the electronic device is caused to perform the followingoperations: sending a first request to an application server, whereinthe first request indicates to the application server to send anacceleration script of one or more quick applications to the electronicdevice; receiving the acceleration script that is of the one or morequick applications and that is sent by the application server; detectinga first operation for a target quick application, and in response to thefirst operation, performing the following: sending a second request tothe application server, wherein the second request requests anapplication package of the target quick application; and running anacceleration script of the target quick application to obtain a firstuniform resource locator (URL), and obtaining first data from athird-party server based on the first URL, wherein the accelerationscript of the target quick application is comprised in the accelerationscript of the one or more quick applications; receiving the applicationpackage that is of the target quick application and that is sent by theapplication server; running the application package of the target quickapplication to obtain a second URL; and when the first URL is the sameas the second URL, generating and displaying a first screen of thetarget quick application based on the first data.
 40. The electronicdevice according to claim 39, wherein when the one or more processorsinvoke the program code, the electronic device is caused to furtherperform the following operation: receiving instant messaging informationthat comprises identifiers of the one or more quick applications. 41.The electronic device according to claim 39, wherein when the one ormore processors invoke the program code, the electronic device is causedto further perform the following operation: detecting a user operationperformed on an icon of the one or more quick applications.
 42. Theelectronic device according to claim 39, wherein when the one or moreprocessors invoke the program code, the electronic device is caused tofurther perform the following operation: receiving entered quickapplication name information, wherein the entered quick application nameinformation corresponds to the one or more quick applications.
 43. Theelectronic device according to claim 39, wherein when the one or moreprocessors invoke the program code, the electronic device is caused tofurther perform the following operations: when the first URL isdifferent from the second URL, obtaining second data from thethird-party server based on the second URL; and generating anddisplaying the first screen of the target quick application based on thesecond data.
 44. The electronic device according to claim 39, whereinwhen the one or more processors invoke the program code, the electronicdevice is caused to further perform the following operation: when thefirst URL is the same as the second URL, sending, to the applicationserver, information indicating that the acceleration script of thetarget quick application is successfully hit; or when the first URL isdifferent from the second URL, sending, to the application server,information indicating that the acceleration script of the target quickapplication fails to be hit.
 45. The electronic device according toclaim 39, wherein when the one or more processors invoke the programcode, the electronic device is caused to further perform the followingoperations: obtaining device data based on the acceleration script ofthe target quick application, wherein the device data comprises one ormore of a media access control (MAC) address of the electronic device,an engine version number of the electronic device, an Internet protocol(IP) address of the electronic device, an operating system version ofthe electronic device, address information of the electronic device, anetwork type of the electronic device, or a manufacturer brand of theelectronic device; and obtaining the first URL based on the accelerationscript of the target quick application and the device data.
 46. Anapplication server, comprising: one or more processors; and anon-transitory memory; and wherein the memory is coupled to the one ormore processors, the memory is configured to store program code, andwhen the one or more processors invoke the program code, the applicationserver is caused to perform the following operations: receiving anapplication package of a quick application; generating an accelerationscript of the quick application based on the application package,wherein the acceleration script of the quick application is configuredto be run by a first electronic device to cause the first electronicdevice to obtain a first uniform resource locator (URL) of data requiredfor first screen display of the quick application; receiving a firstrequest sent by the first electronic device, wherein the first requestindicates to the application server to send the acceleration script ofthe quick application to the first electronic device; and sending theacceleration script of the quick application to the first electronicdevice based on the first request.
 47. The application server accordingto claim 46, wherein when the one or more processors invoke the programcode, the application server is caused to further perform the followingoperations: receiving a hit result that is of the acceleration script ofthe quick application and that is sent by one or more second electronicdevices; calculating a hit rate of the acceleration script of the quickapplication based on the hit result; and determining that the hit rateof the acceleration script of the quick application is not less than apreset value.
 48. The application server according to claim 46, whereinwhen the one or more processors invoke the program code, the applicationserver is caused to perform the following operations: parsing theapplication package to obtain first source code corresponding to a firstscreen display of the quick application; parsing the first source codeto obtain an abstract syntax tree; injecting statistics upload code intoone or more nodes of the abstract syntax tree to obtain second sourcecode; obtaining a processed application package based on the secondsource code; running the processed application package to obtain acritical path indicated by the statistics upload code; selecting thirdsource code from the first source code based on the critical path; andobtaining the acceleration script of the quick application based on thethird source code.